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African Liberation music and poetry
Liberation music in African and African Jazz styles, all the songs have a political message. Issues raised are about Africans living under oppressive white rule, struggle for land and political power, and how oppressed people in countries like South Africa, Namibia, El Salvador, and Guatemala are being called to rise up against oppression and racism.
African Liberation music and poetry
Liberation music in African and African Jazz styles, all the songs have a political message. Issues raised are about the oppressed black people living under white rule, limits to land and political power, and how oppressed people in countries like South Africa, Namibia, El Salvador, and Guatemala are being called to rise up against oppression, racism, and classism, and to liberate themselves.
Como el filo del machete (Like the Edge of the Machete)
Date: 1/1/1978Call Number: Vin 030Producers: Paredon Records, Andres JimenezCollection: General materials
An album of political ballads for independence in Puerto Rico. In traditional decima form, or songs of forty-four lines.
Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America
Date: 1/1/1970Call Number: Vin 031Producers: Paredon Records, Organization of Latin American SolidarityCollection: General materials
Protest songs recorded by activist musicians from Argentina Chile, Cuba, Peru, and Uruguay. In 1967, the Cuban revolutionary government under Fidel Castro held a meeting of the Organization of Latin American Solidarity (OLAS) in Havana. Artists and activists discussed the importance of protest songs in communicating the messages of freedom movements. After this conference, OLAS recorded this album. Includes liner notes with contextual information and lyrics.
Habla Y Canta: Victor Jara
Victor Jara was an influential musical figure creating revolutionary Chilean music which would in turn inspire revolution all over Latin America. Jara created songs of protest, revolution and tribute to the working class. Included in this album is the song, "Plegaria a un labrador", which inspires the workers and laborers to take up arms against the oppressors.
Vientos Del Pueblo: Victor Jara
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: Vin 092Format: VinylProducers: Monitor RecordsCollection: General materials
The influential Chilean singer-poet Victor Jara wrote songs about the people for the people. In an effort to resist United States imperialism and cultural domination, this album is part of the new song movement of Latin America. His songs speak about the injustices done to the poor and working class and inspires revolution and change in leadership.
El Derecho de Vivir en Paz Volume 2: Victor Jara
Date: 1/1/1979Call Number: Vin 093Format: VinylProducers: Monitor RecordsCollection: General materials
Victor Jara's most famous album, known for its strong anti-imperialist convictions and its rejection of United States backed Latin American governments. The songs talk about injustices perpetrated on the working class, the need for revolution throughout South America, racism, and the right to peace.
El Pueblo Unido: Quilapayun
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: Vin 094Format: VinylProducers: Monitor RecordsCollection: General materials
Quilapayun's songs are political and social commentaries but draw inspiration from South American folklore and Andean Altiplano culture. They sing about the foreign domination of Chile's economy, about worker solidarity and their comrades killed or imprisoned by the ruling junta.
Chile: Cantos Para La Resistencia; Pablo Neruda poetry
Side A: Chile: Cantos Para La Resistencia (Chile: Songs for the Resistance)
Protest/political music from 1974 by the Chilean band, Karaxú and other various Chilean exiled artists from the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.
Side B: Pablo Neruda reading and commenting upon his poetry. Poems recited include “Nuevo canto de amor a Stalingrado,” “Lautaro,” “Americas,” “Oda a la Poesia,” etc. Some hissing.
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